Arts & Culture

In the two person exhibit, Hugs & Kisses, at the Cliff Gallery, the work of artists Erin Stafford and Heyd Fontenot is not so much in juxtaposition as in union. Fontenot’s quirky nudes and Stafford’s glammed out sculptural installations are kismet. Hear the artists discuss their individual work and hear…

Sometimes it feels like all of the horror has been sucked out of Halloween. Unending gore and violent things you can’t un-see has replaced good old-fashioned fear and thoughts that the supernatural just might be real. Cirque du Horror attempts to bring back those frightful feelings by bringing back some…

Halloween doesn’t enjoy the classiest reputation. Go to a party on the 31st, and before you know it you’re often three Jello shots deep, watching some guy in a Duck Dynasty costume make out with Little Bo Peep. If you’re looking to party this Friday, but aiming for something a…

The restorative power of making art is well documented; just think back to the good old days when a pair of blunt scissors and construction paper were all it took to center you. The little strokes of watercolors and the smell of Elmer’s glue are their own special kind of…

Long before Val Kilmer found himself interested in the person, Mark Twain, there was Hal Holbrook. Like a long time before. Holbrook’s show, Mark Twain Tonight, has been touring the country since 1954. That’s sixty years for anyone who’s worse at math than I am. Talk about dedication. Of course,…

Haul out those marigolds, prep your sugar skulls, and don your best face paint—it’s time to honor the dead with some charitable festivities. Los Muertos Bishop celebrates Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, in the naturally walkable fashion of the Bishop Arts District. From 6 to 10…

In its tenth year, Muscle Memory Dance Theatre is ready to try something new. With this show, director Lesley Snelson is turning the reins over to two unknown artists to the Dallas dance scene and letting them run wild with her company. “Wrapped and Uncovered: An Evening of Dance Unraveling…

When the director chooses at Dallas Black Dance Theatre, it seems they tend to stack the deck. The official season opener for the company will be a new series titled, Director’s Choice, which will include works from contemporary choreographers like Alvin Ailey, Gene Hill Sagan, and a new piece from…

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s dazzling symphonic suite Scheherazade. Inspired by the imagery of The Arabian Night’s stories, Scheherazade is a work alive with fantasy and a raw sense of curiosity, brilliantly capturing the allure and wonder of the mythical East. For this performance, the DSO welcomes back…

Everyone’s got a story to tell, even if they don’t think their life is all that exciting. The story of the Thanksgiving where you left dinner early to bail your boyfriend out of jail is actually a potential legend in the making—something your kids will confide to their kids on…

Look, there’s a lot of sex in the Bible. Chances are, you didn’t talk about any of it in Sunday school. Salome, for example, the seductress who set her sights on the unattainable John the Baptist. When he denied her advances she had her daddy, Herod II behead him. OK…

The SMU Meadows Dance Ensemble’s 2014 Dance Concert includes the premier of “Dancin’ Man,” an homage to Bob Fosse created by Alex Sanchez, as well as works by Visiting Artist-in-Residence Adam Hougland. See the concert at the Owens Art Center (6101 Bishop Blvd) at 8 p.m. Wednesday- Saturday or 2…

Flowers are nature’s beautifiers. We’ve appropriated them as tokens of affection or apology. We cut them from their roots and place them in vases to add color to our otherwise dull lives. Oh, and for centuries, we’ve painted them. Some of the 19th century’s greatest painters, including Cezanne, Manet and…

Stop digging through files, punching numbers into your calculator, and put that Go2Meeting on mute. You’ll want to watch this video from the Dallas Zoo of an adorable baby giraffe. First-time giraffe mommy Chrystal gave birth to a 6-foot-tall baby over the weekend and the zoo released a video of…

Most of us would much rather buy something than make it, especially if it’s hand-made by a much more creative and talented person. Fortunately, the rise of Etsy and the DIY trend has made it much easier to find unique goods crafted by individual artists and not sweatshop workers. No…

We’re just passing this information along. Apparently the city of Dallas has a list of whom they’ll commission for public art in Dallas. And apparently this list is currently accepting applicants, even those without any public art experience. And apparently these applications will no longer be accepted after October 30…

Halloween is on a Friday this year. This means your excuses are all worthless and you will have to participate in the festivities. But house parties are so 1998. Get out of the house and do something. Want to go to a haunted house? We’ve got you covered. Want to…